Purple Hands Mataro 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Purple Hands Mataro 2023.

Purple Hands Mataro 2023
$45, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

The centre of this wine is a dark pool of flavour, the edges are fresh and energetic, and the finish is both satisfying and lively at once. We head into black cherry, leather, ironstone and smoked meat flavours straight up here, though there’s also a gentle coating of vanilla-cream and an associated soft-smoothness to this wine’s mouthfeel. It’s both a serious wine and an easy wine to like. The way tannin spreads through the finish really helps to elevate it too. 92+ points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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